INSTALLATION AND HARDWARE GUIDE AAA-UDMA ULTRA DMA/66 RAID CARD
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Contents 1 Introduction System Requirements 1-2 Installation Overview 1-3 2 Installing the Hardware AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout 2-2 Installing DIMM Memory 2-3 Installing the AAA-UDMA 2-4 Connecting the LED Activity Indicator 2-5 Setting Up UDMA Drives 2-6 Setting Jumpers on UDMA Drives to the Master Setting 2-6 Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables 2-7 Additional Hints for UDMA Drives 2-7 Connecting UDMA Drives 2-8 Connecting UDMA Drives to the UDMA Connectors 2-8 Configuring the AAA-UDMA 2-11 3
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 4 Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows NT 4-2 Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT 4-2 Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed 4-4 Windows NT Installation and Configuration Notes 4-5 5 Installing the Software Driver for Windows 2000 Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows 2000 5-2 Upgrading Windows NT to Windows 2000 5-2 Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of
Contents A Using BIOSSelect and Disk Utilities BIOSSelect Default Settings A-2 Starting the BIOSSelect Utility A-3 Using BIOSSelect Menus A-3 Exiting BIOSSelect A-3 Using the Disk Utilities A-4 BIOSSelect Settings A-5 Bus Interface Definitions A-5 Device Configuration A-5 Additional Options A-6 B Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checklist B-1 Windows NT Troubleshooting B-2 Error Messages While Setting Up Windows NT B-2 Index vii
1 Introduction In this Chapter ➤ System Requirements 1-2 ➤ Installation Overview 1-3 The Adaptec® AAA™-UDMA RAID card provides powerful disk array support in systems that have a PCI bus. The AAA-UDMA is a full-size PCI UDMA RAID card with four, 40-pin internal UDMA connectors. A single UDMA drive can be connected to each of the four internal UDMA connectors on the AAA-UDMA (four UDMA drives total). Note: The AAA-UDMA supports UDMA (UDMA 33 or 66) hard disk drives only.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide This Installation and Hardware Guide explains how to install the AAA-UDMA, connect UDMA drives to it, run the ARRAYCONFIG™ UDMA Utility to create the first array for a bootable array configuration, and then install the software device driver for your operating system.
Introduction Caution: An Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) is a key feature for system fault tolerance. It is possible to lose data due to power failure or power brown outs. In order to prevent errors or data loss due to power failure, Adaptec strongly recommends that a UPS be installed to support your system. Installation Overview To install AAA-UDMA hardware and software, follow these steps: ■ Install the AAA-UDMA in the system. (Chapter 2) ■ Connect UDMA drives to the AAA-UDMA.
2 Installing the Hardware In this Chapter ➤ AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout 2-2 ➤ Installing DIMM Memory 2-3 ➤ Installing the AAA-UDMA 2-4 ➤ Setting Up UDMA Drives 2-6 ➤ Connecting UDMA Drives 2-8 ➤ Configuring the AAA-UDMA 2-11 This chapter explains how to install the AAA-UDMA and connect UDMA drives to it. Note: The AAA-UDMA supports UDMA (UDMA 33 or 66) hard disk drives only. Any combination of UDMA 33 or 66 hard disk drives can be connected to the AAA-UDMA.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Note: The AAA-UDMA does not support the hot-swap functionality on the UDMA drives. WARNING: Before handling the AAA-UDMA and any other electronic component, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on your computer chassis. AAA-UDMA RAID Card Layout Figure 2-1 identifies the major components on the AAA-UDMA. You may find it helpful to refer to this figure while installing the AAA-UDMA and attaching UDMA drives to it.
Installing the Hardware Installing DIMM Memory Before you can use the AAA-UDMA, the DIMM memory socket must be populated with a DIMM, as shown in Figure 2-2. In most cases, the AAA-UDMA comes pre-installed with a DIMM. If a DIMM is not pre-installed, a non-buffered 60 ns (or faster), 3.3V, ECC, 168-pin EDO DIMM can be used. A DIMM of up to 64 MB is supported. (See the Adaptec Web Site at http://www.adaptec.com/tools/compatibility/u2dimm.html for a list of approved DIMMs and vendors.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the AAA-UDMA Follow these steps to install the AAA-UDMA: Note: If you are installing the AAA-UDMA in an existing system, back up all data before continuing with installation. 1 Turn OFF power to the computer and disconnect the power cord. 2 Remove the cover from the computer case. 3 Locate an unused, unobstructed, PCI expansion slot and remove the expansion slot cover. (The expansion slot must be PCI 2.1 or higher and must support Bus Mastering.
Installing the Hardware Connecting the LED Activity Indicator (Optional) An LED on the front panel of most computers lights to indicate activity on your hard disks. If you want the LED to light whenever there is activity on hard disks connected to the AAA-UDMA, you must disconnect the LED cable from the motherboard and connect it to the LED connector on the AAA-UDMA. If the LED has a 2-pin cable, connect the cable to pins 1 and 2 of the LED connector.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Setting Up UDMA Drives Setting up UDMA drives before connecting them to the AAA-UDMA typically involves setting jumpers, mounting UDMA drives inside your computer, and connecting power cables to each device. Since setup can vary from device to device or computer to computer, always refer to the UDMA drive’s or computer’s documentation for specific instructions. Below are some guidelines for setting up UDMA drives.
Installing the Hardware Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables Each UDMA drive must be mounted in an available drive bay inside your computer (as shown in Figure 2-5) and connected to a power cable from your computer’s power supply. Refer to your computer and device documentation for instructions on installing devices inside your computer. UDMA Drive Figure 2-5.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Connecting UDMA Drives The AAA-UDMA supports up to four UDMA drives. Before connecting drives to the AAA-UDMA, be sure to also review Setting Up UDMA Drives on page 2-6. Connecting UDMA Drives to the UDMA Connectors Using the four 40-pin UDMA/66 cables included in your kit, you can connect a single UDMA drive to each of the four internal UDMA connectors on the AAA-UDMA.
Installing the Hardware 2 Plug the TO CARD (Blue) end of the cable to one of the four UDMA connectors on the AAA-UDMA. UDMA Connector 40-pin UDMA/66 Cable Figure 2-7. Connecting Cable to UDMA Connector 3 Plug the TO DRIVE (Black) end of the cable to your UDMA drive. UDMA Drive Figure 2-8.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 4 To connect additional UDMA drives, repeat steps 1 through 3. IDE 4 IDE 3 IDE 2 IDE 1 Figure 2-9.
Installing the Hardware Configuring the AAA-UDMA After connecting all devices, reinstall the computer cover and connect all power cables. Turn on the computer. During BIOS initialization, the AAA-UDMA BIOS banner should appear on the screen, and each device connected to the card should be listed. If the BIOS banner does not appear, see Appendix B, Troubleshooting. Before installing the drivers and software for the AAA-UDMA RAID card, you may want to configure card options (e.g.
3 Creating an Array With the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA Utility In this Chapter ➤ Creating an Array 3-2 ➤ Making the Array Bootable 3-8 This chapter explains how to use the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA Utility to create a bootable or non-bootable array on your system. If you want a bootable array on your system, you must use the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA utility to create the bootable array. Note: ARRAYCONFIG UDMA runs from a self-booting diskette.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Once the array is created, use Adaptec CI/O Management Software, which is included with the AAA-UDMA, to create additional arrays (CI/O is required for array management in order to provide the proper level of fault tolerance and event notification). Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User’s Guide for instructions on installing and using the software.
Creating an Array With the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA Utility 1 Insert the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA diskette into drive A and reboot the system. Wait for ARRAYCONFIG UDMA to start automatically. 2 Read the text that appears on the initial screens. Press any key to view the next screen, or press Esc to return to the previous screen. 3 Select Express Setup from the Setup Type Selection menu.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 5 When the next menu appears, select the type of applications that you will run on your system. (Select Others if you are not sure what type of applications you will use.) ARRAYCONFIG UDMA will use your answer to create the best array configuration for your applications. 6 When the next menu appears, select a boot order for the new array: 7 – Select Disk Array will be Boot Drive if you want your system to boot from the new array.
Creating an Array With the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA Utility 4 Select Disk Array Operations from the Main menu. 5 Select Create New Array from the Disk Array Operations menu. 6 Type an array name and press Enter. The name can be up to 15 characters long and can include spaces and any other printable characters. 7 Select an array type. Your options are: – RAID 0: Data is striped across the disks in a RAID 0 array, allowing for faster I/O performance than a single disk.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 9 Select array members. When the next screen appears, select drives for the array by pressing the ↑ and ↓ keys until the drive name is highlighted, and then press Ins or Enter. The names of selected drives appear in the Adaptec Array # box. To deselect the drive you most recently added, press Del. Caution: A warning appears if you select a disk that has partitions.
Creating an Array With the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA Utility 11 Initialize array. When the Initialize Mode menu appears, select Initialize Array to Zero. A graph on the screen shows the progress of this operation. Caution: If the drives contain data, all the data is lost when you initialize the array. 12 Select array block size. When the menu of block sizes appears, select a block size. (This menu does not appear if the array is a mirrored array with only two drives.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Making the Array Bootable You can make the array bootable so that the system boots from the array instead of from a stand-alone (single) disk. To make the array bootable, the array must be set to Unit 0 in the boot order.
Creating an Array With the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA Utility 9 Prepare the array as you normally would prepare a boot disk drive for your operating system. See either Chapter 4, Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT, Chapter 5, Installing the Software Driver for Windows 2000, or Chapter 6, Installing the Software Driver for Novell NetWare. Note: You cannot use this procedure to change the boot order of a UDMA disk that is not part of an array.
4 Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT In this Chapter ➤ Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows NT 4-2 ➤ Windows NT Installation and Configuration Notes 4-5 This chapter explains how to install the Array1000UDMA software driver (cdaudma.sys) for Windows NT (Windows NT 4.0 Server). Before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: ■ Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows NT To begin driver installation, see either Installing the Driver When Installing Windows NT on page 4-2, or Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed on page 4-4. Note: We recommend that you install your Windows NT operating system on a fault-tolerant array (RAID 5, 1, or 0/1) to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of the AAA-UDMA RAID card.
Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT 2 Windows NT Boot disk installation: When prompted, insert disk #2 in your floppy disk drive. After a few moments you will see a blue screen. To setup Windows NT now, press Enter and continue with Step 3 below. Windows NT Boot CD-ROM installation: When the following message appears onscreen, press the F6 key and skip to Step 4 below. Setup is inspecting your computer system’s hardware… 3 Press S to skip autodetection of your SCSI host adapter.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Driver When Windows NT is Already Installed To update or install the cdaudma.sys driver if Windows NT is already installed, follow these steps: 1 Start Windows NT. 2 Click the Start button on the Windows NT task bar, and then point to Settings. 3 Click the Control Panel. 4 Double-click the SCSI Adapters icon. 5 Click the Drivers tab, and then click the Add button. 6 In the Install Driver window, click the Have Disk button.
Installing the Software Driver for Windows NT Windows NT Installation and Configuration Notes Windows NT 1 GByte Partition Limitation During Windows NT installation, if your system configuration has multiple arrays and/or single drives, Windows NT limits the size of the system partition you can create to 1 GByte. To work around this 1 GByte limitation, try the following: ■ During Windows NT installation, create the 1 GByte partition (do not finish setup); reboot the system and then delete the partition.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Boot Order In Windows NT vs. ARRAYCONFIG UDMA During Windows NT installation, Windows NT does not show the devices in the boot order. Instead, it shows the arrays with the lower ID first. To minimize confusion during Windows NT installation, try one of the following: ■ Disconnect all devices other than members of the boot array, so that only one logical device is present in the Windows NT installation.
5 Installing the Software Driver for Windows 2000 In this Chapter ➤ Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows 2000 5-2 ➤ Windows 2000 Installation and Configuration Notes 5-6 This chapter explains how to install the Array1000UDMA software driver (cdaudma.sys) for Windows 2000. Before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: ■ Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Windows 2000 To begin driver installation, see either Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows 2000 on page 5-4, or Installing the Driver When Windows 2000 is Already Installed on page 5-5. Note: We recommend that you install your Windows 2000 operating system on a fault-tolerant array (RAID 5, 1, or 0/1) to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of the AAA-UDMA RAID card.
Installing the Software Driver for Windows 2000 4 Follow the setup until the setup displays a warning message about Adaptec Array1000UDMA RAID Host Adapters: The following items are not compatible with Windows 2000. If you continue, you may not be able to use these items even after setup is complete. 5 Ignore the warning message and continue with the setup. The system will reboot at the end of this phase of setup.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Driver For a Fresh Installation of Windows 2000 To install the cdaudma.sys driver when you are installing Windows 2000, follow these steps: 1 Start your system with the Windows 2000 Boot CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. Note: When using a CD-ROM drive to install Windows 2000 from the bootable CD-ROM, make sure Bootable CD-ROM support is enabled. This is done through the System BIOS Setup utility.
Installing the Software Driver for Windows 2000 Installing the Driver When Windows 2000 is Already Installed To update or install the cdaudma.sys driver if Windows 2000 is already installed, follow these steps: 1 Start Windows 2000. 2 Click the Start button on the Windows 2000 task bar, and then point to Settings. 3 Click the Control Panel. 4 Double-click the Add/Remove Hardware icon. 5 Click on the Next button on the Welcome to Add/Remove Hardware screen.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 13 When the driver is copied on the hard drive, click on the Finish button. 14 You will be prompted to restart the computer. Select Yes. 15 After rebooting the system, install the Adaptec CI/O Management Software. Refer to the Adaptec CI/O Management Software User’s Guide for instructions on installing and using the software.
6 Installing the Software Driver for Novell NetWare In this Chapter ➤ Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Novell NetWare 6-2 ➤ Netware Installation and Configuration Notes 6-7 This chapter explains how to install the Array1000UDMA software driver (cdaudmah.ham) for Novell NetWare (NetWare 4.11, 4.2, and 5.0). Before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: ■ Installed the AAA-UDMA RAID card in your system.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Installing the Array1000UDMA Driver for Novell NetWare To begin driver installation, see either Installing the Driver When Installing NetWare on page 6-2, or Installing the Driver When NetWare is Already Installed on page 6-6. Note: We recommend that you install your Novell NetWare operating system on a fault-tolerant array (RAID 1, 0/1, or 5) to take advantage of the redundancy and performance features of the array.
Installing the Software Driver for Novell NetWare 8 If prompted to load an SMP Module, select No. (The SMP Module can be installed once NetWare is up and running.) 9 When a screen appears that asks you to select a disk driver, press Enter. 10 Press Insert to install an unlisted driver. 11 Insert the Adaptec Array1000UDMA Family Manager Set driver disk into your floppy disk drive. 12 Press F3 and specify the path to the cdaudmah.ham driver. For NetWare 4.11, the driver is located in a:\v4_1x.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Note: To load the driver automatically at server bootup, make sure the startup.ncf file includes the load command line for the cdaudmah.ham driver. (If you also have an Adaptec host adapter that uses the Adaptec aic78xx.dsk driver, make sure the driver loads after the cdaudmah.ham driver.) Note: Older versions of the aic78xx.dsk driver (before v1.30) are compatible with cdaudmah.ham as long as the AAA-UDMA PCI slot is not specified on the command line (e.g.
Installing the Software Driver for Novell NetWare 7 Follow the procedures in your NetWare documentation for installing a new server. 8 From the Welcome to the NetWare server installation screen, press F2 for Advanced Settings; change Load server at reboot: from Yes to No and continue with the installation.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 21 When the server starts, type down in the NetWare console. Change the autoexec.bat file and the config.bat file to recognize the CD drive. NetWare would have changed these files during installation. The old files are saved as autoexec.000 and config.000. Reboot the system. 22 Change to the c:\nwserver directory and enter: server 23 At this point, install Adaptec CI/O Management Software from the server console.
Installing the Software Driver for Novell NetWare Note: For NetWare 4.2 and 5.0, the cdaudmah.ham file is in a:\. 2 If necessary, modify the load command line in the startup.ncf so that the proper path to the driver is specified. The correct syntax to load the cdaudmah.
A Using BIOSSelect and Disk Utilities In this Appendix ➤ BIOSSelect Default Settings A-2 ➤ Starting the BIOSSelect Utility A-3 ➤ Using the Disk Utilities A-4 ➤ BIOSSelect Settings A-5 The AAA-UDMA has the onboard BIOSSelect configuration utility, which allows you to change AAA-UDMA options without opening the computer chassis or handling the card. This appendix describes the default settings, explains when you should change them, and gives instructions for doing so.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide BIOSSelect Default Settings The BIOSSelect default settings for the AAA-UDMA, listed in the table below, are appropriate for most systems. If you want to view and/or change the current settings, or if you would like to format a disk, see Starting the BIOSSelect Utility on page A-3. Detailed descriptions of each setting begin on page A-5.
Using BIOSSelect and Disk Utilities Starting the BIOSSelect Utility To start BIOSSelect, press the F6 key when the following prompt appears when you turn on or reboot your system: Press for BIOSSelect Utility! The menu that appears displays the options Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and Disk Utilities, as shown in Figure A-1.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Using the Disk Utilities To access the disk utilities, select the Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears after starting BIOSSelect. Once the option is selected, BIOSSelect immediately scans the bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all IDs and the devices assigned to each ID.
Using BIOSSelect and Disk Utilities BIOSSelect Settings Bus Interface Definitions The following settings are the BIOSSelect settings most likely to require any modification: ■ Host Adapter ID— Sets the ID for the AAA-UDMA. The AAA-UDMA is set to ID 7, which gives it the highest priority on the bus. We recommend you do not change this setting. ■ Parity Checking—When set to Enabled, verifies the accuracy of data transfer on the bus.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Additional Options ■ A-6 Array1000 BIOS—When set to Enabled, the AAA-UDMA BIOS is installed and all Int13 (except bootable CD-ROM) devices are supported at boot time. When set to Disabled, the AAA-UDMA BIOS is not installed. The default is Enabled.
B Troubleshooting In this Appendix ➤ Troubleshooting Checklist B-1 ➤ Windows NT Troubleshooting B-2 Troubleshooting Checklist Check the following if you have problems installing or using the AAA-UDMA and UDMA drives: ■ Does the AAA-UDMA BIOS sign-on message appear during bootup? If not, check the following items: – Is the AAA-UDMA properly seated in a PCI expansion slot? Refer to your computer documentation for the slot location.
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide Windows NT Troubleshooting Error Messages While Setting Up Windows NT “Setup is unable to locate the hard drive partition prepared by the MS-DOS portion of setup” or “xxxx MB disk y at Id z on bus 0 on cdaudma.sys does not contain a partition suitable for starting Window NT” If these messages appear during Windows NT setup, do the following: 1 Reboot the system using the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA disk.
Index A customer support ii Adaptec CI/O Management Software 1-3 Adaptec customer support ii Array booting from 3-8, B-1 creating 3-4–3-7 optimized for data protection 3-3 optimizing performance 3-3 ARRAYCONFIG UDMA 3-1–3-7 D B E BIOS Array1000 A-2 scan A-2, A-5 sign-on message 2-11, B-1 Block size 3-7 Board layout 2-2 Boot partition B-1 Bootable CD-ROM 4-2, 5-4 Booting boot drive 3-4 from an array 3-8, B-1 Bus parameters B-1 Enable disconnection A-2, A-5 Expansion slot 2-4 C Cache memory 2-3 CD-ROM
AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide local memory 2-3 NetWare driver 6-2–6-7 overview 1-3 Windows 2000 driver 5-2–5-6 Windows NT driver 4-2–4-4 IRQ B-1 L LED connector 2-5 Local memory 2-3 M Manager set diskettes 4-3, 4-4 Memory, cache 2-3 Memory, local 2-3 N NetWare 6-1–6-7 cdaudmah.ham 6-6 startup.
